1. This request for expressions of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared in UN Development Business online on May 20, 2015. The People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a credit from the International Development Association (The World Bank) in the amount of US$173.00 million equivalent towards the cost of the Urban Resilience Project (URP) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit towards payment under the contracts of Consultancy Services for “Operationalizing the URU in RAJUK” that represents the second phase of a multi-phase national DRM program to build institutional capacity to mitigate the impact of disasters in the rapidly urbanizing cities of Bangladesh.
2. To respond to this critical gap in the management of disaster risk in Bangladesh, this project represents the second phase of a multi-phase national DRM program to build institutional capacity to mitigate the impact of earthquakes in the rapidly urbanizing cities of Bangladesh.  The objective of the overall engagement is to develop a comprehensive approach to managing earthquake risk through a structured process of knowledge development, education, and planning that involves a wide range of stakeholders to increase engagement and ownership.
3. The main objectives of the assignment is the institutional strengthening by the creation of a new organizational unit in RAJUK and termed as the Urban Resilience Unit (URU) to encompass the development of competencies related to urban resilience such as risk assessment, earthquake engineering, construction standards, in-situ and laboratory construction material testing, specialized construction training, risk-sensitive land use planning , oversee the implementation of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNCC), accreditation of the professionals and managing an integrated web-based construction permiting system.
4. The duration of the assignment is 36 months.The service will require both national and international inputs.
5. RAJUK now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing above mentioned services. The Consultants should compose of reputable firms having similar experience in organizational development, training and education and awareness campaigns.
6. Interested consulting firms must provide information indicating their qualifications to perform the services. EOIs should include brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, summaries of firm’s financial, managerial, HR capability, availability of appropriate skills among key staff with short biographies (one paragraph), availability of physical, financial & human resources, and snapshots of relevant transactional experience. The language of the proposals and all submiting supporting documents will be in English. In case, supporting documents found in other languages must be translated in English language which shall be authenticated by the respective embassy in Bangladesh of the applicant. The EOIs would be reviewed on the basis of the following but not limited to:
   • Country and date of registration/ incorporation (age of firm)
   • Experience of the firm in conducting assignments of similar nature (Similar Nature and /or Complexity including cost and duration of the assignments)
   • Experience of the firm in other areas (Other experience including cost and duration)
   • Availability of professionals with appropriate skills
   • HR structure of the firm
   • Availability of resources (financial)
   • Availablility of other resources – logistical and support services of the firm
   • Experience of the firm in other areas
   • Etc;
7. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications, but should mention whether the association is in the form of a “joint venture” or “sub-consultancy”. In the case of “Joint Venture”, all members of such “association” should have real and well defined inputs to the assignment and it is preferable to limit the total number of firms including their associates to maximum of 3 (three).
8. The consultant will be selected under QCBS method in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers.
9. Interested consultants may obtain additional information from the office at the address below during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours, Sunday to Thursday.
10. Expressions of interest both hard (3 copies) and soft copy must be delivered to the address below in sealed envelop by August 02, 2017 during office hours. Only electronic format of EOI submission will not be accepted.

(Abdul Latif Helaly)

Project Director

Urban Resilience Project: RAJUK Part

RAJUK Commercial Complex cum Car Parking Building (Level: 9&10)

Road No:17,19,20

Gulshan 1, Dhaka-1212

Email: pd@urprajuk.com ,helalyrajuk@yahoo.com